~Aaliyah's Pov~

The door opened and i folded up the letter quickly then wiped my tears. I looked over to see Michonne and Rick. "Uhm- Sorry." i said getting off the bed. ".. You okay?" Rick asked softly as i stood up. I nodded running my hand through my hair. "Yeah.." i said softly as i looked at him and Michonne. "You sure?" She said. I nodded. "Yeah." i said softly as i looked at her. "Daryl's out there lookin' for you." Rick said. I nodded looking at him, He had some blood on his face, it was coming from his forehead and he had a busted lip. "Thanks," i said and put the letter in my pocket. "Are you okay..?" i asked furrowing my eyebrows. 

He nodded. "Yeah," He said looking at me. "Do you want me to get you some things? To clean that up? It looks kinda deep." I said looking at the cut. He shook his head. "I'm alright, I gotta take these planks down." He said walking over to the windows. I walked outside and headed downstairs then outside. I saw him talking to Tara. "Daryl," i said. He looked over to me. "I'll see you later," Tara said looking at him. He nodded looking at her and she walked away. "Where have you been?" He asked looking at me. 

"I was reading Carl's letter." i said nodding the slightest. He nodded a bit. "Why didn't you tell me you were leaving.? I had to hear it from Rosita and Maggie." I said shaking my head a bit. " 'Cause i knew you would've thrown a fit about it. Told Rick to keep quiet too." He said. I nodded the slightest, i really would have tried to stop him from going out there. He nodded too. "But we're alright, don't matter no more." he said and walked a bit. "Go on, help out." he said patting my shoulder a bit as he walked by me.

~Later on that same night~

I woke up to the sound of screams coming from the main entrance where people were sleeping. I got up quickly and grabbed my gun. There was a lot of screaming going on down there. People started coming out of their rooms too and i looked down, putting my hands on the railings to see everyone downstairs scattering and there were walkers down there too. How did they get in here?!

I ran downstairs but as soon as i reached the final step, a guy came running quickly and i was pushed by his arm, i fell back and dropped my gun, I saw it was across the room. I saw a walker came around the corner and lunged at me quick, to quick. It fell on me and i put my hands on its shoulders as my heart raced,  I grabbed it's arms and i looked at the walkers. Scared. It was one of our people, the walker was stronger than me and inching closer. "No!" I cried out. There was noting around. I was on the stairs. I cried out again. Trying to move but it got closer to me and i closed my eyes. It was way to close. "No!- Ah!" I cried looking at the walker. My heart was racing.

I felt the heat of it's breath against me but it was pulled off of me. I looked up in tears to see it was Rick. He pulled it off me and Daryl stabbed it. I looked at Rick scared with tears in my eyes. He looked at me and i stayed in the same position. Looking at him in shock. That was the closest a walker has ever gotten to me and i was unarmed. "You alright?" Rick asked looking at me. I looked at him and a tear fell. He reached out and i grabbed his hand. He pulled me up and i looked at him still in shock. "Aaliyah-" Rick cut him off. "She's alright." he said and handed me my gun. "Help us. Now." he said putting the gun in my holster. I nodded and pulled out my knife. 

We started killing the walkers down here and getting the people to safety. Daryl took down the last walker that was in this room, "The hell happened.?" Daryl asked as we looking at the bodies on the floor. All of them were our people.. "I don't know. Maybe walkers got in." Rick said. I shook my head. "Maybe during the fight." Morgan said. "No. T-these are our people." I said looking around, I looked upstairs. "There's other people up there, some of them were hurt. We should- go check.." i said looking at them. "Cmon." Rick said. We followed him upstairs and checked the rooms, We came across one and saw Carol  holding up her knife with a body at her feet. Daryl grabber her wrist and looked at her. "You alright?" he asked, She nodded. "Yeah." she said catching her breath.

She looked at the body on the floor. "He wasn't bit. But he turned." Carol said. "How are they turning?" i asked confused, They weren't bit or scratched. "Negan's bat. When i was out there with him. It was covered in Walker blood. I just thought he crossed some. Maybe-" Rick said looking at us. "They have us working for them again. Killing our own." Maggie said looking at him. "It's the fever." We looked over to see someone on the bed. "It's what it is. It makes sense now.." He said looking at us then his arm which was wrapped in a bandage. "One of you.. You're gonna have to do it. I can't do it. You gotta do it for me. Please." He cried out. Maggie walked over to him and held his hand. 

So the weapons were laced with walker blood. That's how it happened, when they were cut up or shot the blood got in their system. "Tara was shot." Daryl said. "Go," Maggie said. Rick, Daryl and I walked out. I grabbed Daryl's hand and pulled him slightly. He looked back at me and stopped walking. "Are you-" i said. My heart started racing. "Did they- Cut you?" I asked as tears welled up in my eyes. He shook his head. "Nah. No i'm alright." he said nodding. I nodded looking at him then i looked at Rick. "i'm alright," he said giving me a nod. I returned me. "Cmon." Daryl said pulling my hand the slightest, We walked over to where Tara was and he let my hand go. 

~The next day~

Once again, we were burying our people and cleaning up inside the house. We found out that the Saviors we had imprisoned were gone, somehow they escaped. I was sitting down on an empty truck on the back, sitting on the door with my legs crossed. (She was sitting crisscross/Indian style) Daryl came over to and sat down next to me. He had one of his arrows and his knife, I still didn't look at him. I just kept looking at the grass below me. He stopped sharpening and put a hand on my knee. "You okay? That was a close call.." he said. I nodded a bit  "I'm okay," i said looking over to him. He had a look in his eyes, he was worried. "Are you.?" I nodded. He nodded and looked away as he nibbled on his lower lip. 

"Mhm." He said and started sharpening his arrow. I stopped sitting crisscross and let my legs dangle over the edge of the truck then scooted closer to him. I put a hand on his forearm causing him to stop sharpening his arrow. "Haven't heard you scream like that in a while. Scared the shit out of me.." He said looking at his arrow. I nodded a bit. "i'm okay." i said softly and rested my head on his shoulder.